Hoe



May 2 1, 1940,

HOE

Filed March 13, 1957 @.RJONES l 2,2019436 Patented May 2l, 1940 HOE Charles Robert Jones, Rossville, Ga.; Charles Robert Jones, Jr., administrator of said Charles Robert Jones, deceased Application March 13,1937, Serial No. 130,788 1 Claim. (Cl. 306-26) and durable construction with all of the edges of I3 in the front face thereof adapted for snug re- 5 the blade available for selective use. ception of the ribs 'I of blade 5. Projecting for- The present invention is especially suitable in wardly from the plate I2 is a stem having a the construction of a hoe having a compound square inner or rear portion I4 and a reduced blade, and the primary object of the present inthreaded forward or outer end portion I5. The vention is to provide simple and elcient means square portion Ill is of a size to snugly fit in the 10 for detachably securing the blade to the handle square central opening 6 of the blade 5, and arso that the blade is effectively braced against ranged against the front or forward face of blade bending or breaking strains, and so that any one 5 is a relatively large disk I6 having a square of a number of different compound blades may be central opening also snugly receiving the square readily interchangeably used with the handle. stem portion I4. The disk I2, blade 5 and disk I6 15 Another object of the present invention is to are secured in tightly compacted relation by provide means for rmly attaching the blade to means of a nut I1 threaded onto the stem por- 1 the handle so that turning or rotation of the tion I5 and against the forward side of disk I6. blade with respect to the handle is eiectively pre- The square stem portion I4 fitting in the square vented, in addition to bracing the blade against central vopenings of the blade 5 and disk I6 ef- 20 bending or breaking strains. I fectively prevents turning or rotation of these The present invention consists in the nov parts 5 and I6 relative to the shank I0 about an` form, combination and arrangement of parts axis coincident with the axes of shank I0 and hereinafter more fully described, shown in the handle 8. Such turning of blade 5 relative to accompanying drawing and claimed. shank Il! is additionally restrained by the inter- 25 In the drawing: locking engagement of the blade 5 with the disk Figure 1 is a side elevational view, partly brok- I2 through the medium of the ribs 1 engaging in en away, of a hoe constructed in accordance with the grooves I3. It will be noted that the disks I2 the present invention. and i6 are relatively large so that the major cen- Figure 2 is a transverse section on line 2-2 of tral portion of the blade 5 is clamped therebe- 30 Figure 1. tween, thus insuring elcient bracing of the blade Figure 3 is a fragmentary longitudinal section 5 against bending or breaking strains. While on line 3-3 of Figure 2. the grooves I3 are shown as provided in the disk Figure 4 is a rear elevational view of the blade I2, it is obvious that they may be provided in the forming part of the hoe shown in Figures l to 3 disk I6, in which case the blade 5 may be re- 35 inclusive. versed so that the ribs 'I will engage in the grooves Figure 5 is a front elevational view of the regardless of which disk is formed with the latflanged shank forming part of the blade attachter. ing means of the hoe shown in Figures 1 to 3 in- The blade 5 may be'any one of several different 40 elusive; and types well known in the art. The essential con- 40 Figure 6 is a fragmentary section on line B--6 sideration is that the handle is attached to the of Figure 2. blade substantially centrally of the latter so that Referring in detail to the drawing, the present any desired one of the plurality of edges of the hoe includes a blade 5 having a central square blade may be selectively used. The blade shown 5 opening 6 and provided on its rear face with elonhas two straight edges I8 and I 8a which may be 45 gated ribs 'I which radiate from the central openselectively employed for ordinary hoeing operaing 6. tion. Still another edge is formed with a plu- The hoe also includes an elongated wooden rality of teeth I9 so that this edge may be utilized handle 8 having a ferrule 9 tted on the forward as a rake. The remaining edge has a plurality of end thereof. For securing the blade 5 to the hanrelatively wide notches or cutouts as at 20 defn- 50 dle 8, I provide a metal shank I0 having an ining a plurality of spaced sharpened blade portegral axial threaded stem I I projecting from the tions 2 I so that this edge may be effectively emrear end thereof and threaded into the forward ployed for cotton chopping operations. Obviousend of the handle 8 so that the shank i0 is sely, a set of diierent types of blades may be procurely attached to the handle, the ferrule 9 previded so that any one of them may be selectively 55 This invention relates to a hand cultivating tool of the hoe type, wherein the handle is attached to the blade substantially centrally of the latter so as to provide a tool which is of extremely rigid venting splitting of the forward end of the handle 8 when the stem II is threaded into the same. Formed on the forward end of shank I0 is a relatively large disk or plate I2 having radial grooves used, the blades being readily interchangeable when detachably fastened to the handle as and by the means illustrated and described.

From the foregoing description, it is believed that the construction and advantages of the present invention will be readily understood and appreciated by those skilled in the art.

What I claim as new is:

A hand hoe including a compound blade having a plurality of Working edges and provided with a polygonal central opening and ribs on one face thereof radiating from said opening, a shank provided at one end with means for attaching the same to a handle and formed at the opposite end with a relatively large bracing plate contacting the major central portion of the inner surface of ted, one of said plates having radiating grooves receiving said ribs of the blade, and a nut threaded on the outer end portion of said stem for securing the plates and blade in compacted relation.

CHARLES ROBERT JONES. 

